GREAT MENTAL STRENGTH
R
ed Bull team principal Christian Horner enjoyed a dig
at Mercedes counterpart Toto Wolff after 18-year-old
Dutch driver Max Verstappen successfully held off
championship leader Nico Rosberg in Sunday’s Canadian
Grand Prix.
The teenager, who was only eight years old when
Rosberg made his Formula 1 debut in 2006, finished fourth at
the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with the vastly more experienced
Mercedes driver fifth.
Rosberg tried repeatedly to pass in the closing laps but
Verstappen, who last month became Formula One’s youngest
winner with victory on his team debut in Spain, showed plenty
of racecraft and determination to keep the German at bay.
When the Mercedes driver did get past, he spun and lost
the place again.
“He’s shown great mental strength,” said Horner of a
youngster who followed up his Barcelona win by crashing in
Monaco during qualifying and the race.